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Good afternoon! Think your job is bad? Try being a newspaper reporter. According to an annual list by CareerCast, newspaper reporter is the worst job you can have, followed by broadcaster. Though MPR News blogger Bob Collins questions how these reporters actually feel about their career choices: "Sure, neither job is for everyone, though everyone thinks they can do them. But worst job? Nah. Few reporters are doing the job at gunpoint," he writes. | NewsCut | Forecast
 

Big Lake OKs yearbook photo of trapshooting team with guns

Team members had initially been told the yearbook photo would not be included because of the school's policy against against showing firearms in photos. Some parents were considering bringing the issue to the school board.

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Trump to sign order creating accountability office at VA

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday creating an accountability and whistleblower protection office at the Department of Veterans Affairs. | White House touts 'historic' 28 laws signed by Trump, but what are they?

Bigger Minneapolis Sculpture Garden to reopen June 3

Closed since 2015, the park has been expanded by 7 acres and 20 sculptures.

Poll: Most teens have taken social media break

Today's teenagers might not recall a time before social media. But nearly two-thirds of those surveyed say they have taken voluntary breaks from it.


 
 

Pentagon probes former Trump aide Flynn's foreign payments

Documents released by lawmakers show Flynn was warned when he retired from the military in 2014 not to take foreign money without "advance approval" by Pentagon authorities.

Overlooked drug could save thousands of moms after childbirth

An inexpensive drug could dramatically reduce the number of deaths of mothers from bleeding after childbirth in low- and middle-income countries around the world.

U.S. admiral says North Korea crisis is at worst point he's seen

Adm. Harry Harris Jr., commander of U.S. Pacific Command, said he has no doubt that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un intends to fulfill his pursuit of a nuclear-tipped missile capable of striking the United States.

Far-right to rally in Berkeley after Coulter talk canceled

Far-right supporters planned rallies Thursday to denounce what they called an attempt to silence their conservative views after Ann Coulter said she was forced to cancel a speaking event at the University of California, Berkeley amid concerns violence could break out.

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